<p>‘Commitment: what does it mean?’ is a free-to-download key stage three lesson developed with rapper and spoken word artist Nick Brewer on commitment and healthy dependable relationships.</p> <p>With this resource, young people are given the opportunity to consider their values and commitments, the benefits of those commitments, and what they would like to commit to in the future.</p> <p>In order to support the development and maintenance of healthy and dependable relationships, the lesson explores a range of relationship types and helps enables pupils to:</p> <ul> <li><strong>describe</strong> what commitment means and looks like</li> <li><strong>explain</strong> why commitment is important for people’s health, wellbeing and relationships</li> <li><strong>explain</strong> what commitment means for them</li> <li><strong>reflect</strong> on their own commitments, now and in the future</li> </ul> <p>The resource is made up of teachers guide, a lesson plan, worksheets and slides to support delivery.</p>

<p>The Principles of excellence in relationships education are an essential tool for school leaders to help young people achieve healthy relationships and can support the now compulsory Relationship Sex and Health Education curriculum. However, healthy relationships shouldn’t just be restricted to a taught lesson, these Principles are to support schools to improve the wellbeing of the whole school community by putting healthy and reliable relationships at the heart of everything they do. Fastn, in partnership with practicing educators and 19 leading relationships organisations, has used relationships research and relationship education practice to help you take action to transform young people’s relationships.</p>

<p>The <em>Thriving pupils, thriving school community</em> resource has been developed by Fastn, FamilyLinks the Centre for Emotional Health and relationships trainer and consultant Lisa Cherry to support school leaders to apply The Principles of Excellence in Relationships Education within their school communities. Adopting a reflective practice approach, it will help school leaders to recognise and deliver excellent relationships education and improve the wellbeing of the whole school community by putting healthy and reliable relationships at the heart of everything they do. Download the tool now and take action to transform young people’s relationships.</p>

<p>Developed with RSHE consultant Catherine Kirk, these two Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 lessons encourage young people to explore their own and others values around relationships and become agents for change in order to challenge unhelpful messages and representation of relationships in the media.</p>

<p>Produced with award-winning educational resource producers TrueTube this free resource is aimed at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 (years 7 to 11), which can also be adapted to use with other secondary age groups.</p> <p>The resource centres on the real-life experiences of four diverse and inclusive families filmed in their homes and communities.</p>

<p>Developed by with Lucy Marcovitch, an education writer and PSHE consultant, Parentkind and Mental Health Foundation, this resource supports parents of KS3 and KS4 pupils to have supportive and productive conversations with their children about relationships. It offers top tips and conversation starters to help navigate talking to your child about relationships in the context of coronavirus, what healthy relationships look like, what dependability looks like or helping your child explore what their relationship ambitions are.</p>

<p>A resource created with RSHE consultant Catherine Kirk and Parentkind to help parents of KS3 and KS4 pupils inform their child’s learning about relationships and values and how they can support teaching in school.</p>

<p>A resource to understand how mentoring and sports activities can help young people learn about relationships, based on the learning from Sport Birmingham’s M.A.D Programme.</p> <p>The M.A.D programme is run by Sport Birmingham and provides mentoring and activities for young people at risk of, or already in, exclusion from mainstream schooling.</p> <p>Birmingham City University interviewed the participants of this programme to better understand the relationship skills and understanding they had gained from the programme. The learning from this project has been distilled into this useful resource.</p>